Evidence Both Great And Small
Our recent series with John Clayton can only be described as mind expanding. You hear the expression from time to time, "trying to get your mind around", an idea or concept. Well John opened our understanding of the creation of God to such a degree that I personally can’t get my mind around it. The shear magnitude of the universe is mind boggling. From comet catchers protecting our earth, the stabilizing force of the Moon, to seeing our Sun as a star like no other, makes my head hurt with awe.
While I can "see" God in that part of His creation, I see Him even more clearly in the small things He has made. To the left is a picture of the Parrot Flower. Click on that name to see more pictures of this most wonderful creation of God. My daughter Joyce emailed these to me. This is a flower that grows in Thailand. Such a thing of beauty and yet they are here today and gone tomorrow. Jesus said something similar about the Lilies of the field and that if our Father clothes a mere plant with such beauty, He will surely provide for us as well.
Paul said that "God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have be clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." Rom. 1:20. If those of Paul’s day were without excuse, think how much more so men and women of the 21st Century. Our ability to travel world wide and in space, powerful telescopes, along with scientific knowledge unknown to that first century world would make our world even more accountable. The evidence for the existence of God has never been greater. Yes God is speaking to us through the Universe - you might even call that a shout! But He speaks also, if more quietly, through things of beauty like the Parrot Flower.
